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SSI State Supplement - New York

New York provides State Supplements to Federal SSI benefit payments for residents in one of the living arrangements specified in the table below.

General Information

NOTE: Both State and Federal agencies administer SSI Supplements in New York. The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance administers an additional payment to some SSI recipients in Medicaid facilities. This payment is called a State Supplemental Personal Needs Allowance. The Social Security Administration administers all other supplemental payments.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) provided the data shown in the table. The New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) provided the Congregate Care data. Contact your local SSA Claims Representative for further details about eligibility and benefit levels. See the topic "Contacting the Social Security Administration" to find out how to get information or help from SSA.

Notes about specific items, if any, display as colored letters within brackets in the table. Their explanation directly follows the table. You may click on these colored letters within the table to jump immediately to the explanations. Use the Back button in the Help window to return to your place in the table. If additional information is available, it follows after any notes.

Unless otherwise stated, payment levels apply equally to people who are aged, people with blindness, and people with disabilities. Benefit amounts are usually adjusted annually, and become effective January 1st. The table shows monthly payment levels for calendar year 2010.

If you are using this version of WorkWORLD after January 1, 2011, you should contact your SSA Claims Representative or the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for the updated numbers. You may also be able to find updated information on the SSA website at:
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11146.html

Definitions for specific Living Arrangement terms are provided below the table. Click on the term to go to the definition.

Payment Levels

Notes

[a] The minimum personal needs allowance is $130.

[b] Payment levels differ by geographic area. Area A is New York City and Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester counties. Area B is all other counties.

[c] The minimum personal needs allowance is $150.

[d] The minimum personal needs allowance is $178.

[e] Recipients in nursing homes licensed by the Department of Health receive a State Supplemental Personal Needs Allowance (SS/PNA) of $25, and recipients in all other medical facilities receive an SSPNA of $25. The payments are issued by the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

[f] The Living in household of another category includes recipients whose federal benefit has been reduced by the "value of the 1/3 reduction" (VTR) due to the federal determination that they are both: a) living in someone else's household, and b) receiving some amount of free or subsidized food and shelter (room and board).

Living Arrangement Definitions

A - Living alone - Includes recipients living either alone, with foster children, with an authorized homemaker, or with a family care home placed by an authorized agency. Also includes recipients living with others but either paying a flat fee for both room and board or preparing their meals separately.

B - Living with others - Includes recipients who reside in a dwelling with others and either:

1) prepare food in common with at least one other person in the dwelling;

2) are members of a religious community; or

3) are children who have not been included in state living arrangement C or D.

The Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) of recipients in this living arrangement has been reduced by one-third because of the federal determination that the recipient is both living in someone else's household and receiving some amount of free or subsidized food and shelter.

C - Living in a congregate care facility, level I - Includes recipients in family-type homes and family care homes. These homes serve persons who are unable to function completely independently. Family-type homes are facilities certified by New York State, supervised by local departments of social services, and operated for the purpose of providing long-term residential care for adults. Family care homes are private households that provide care for mentally disabled persons. Eligibility for care in these homes is based on certification of placement by the local Department of Social Services or an office of the state Department of Mental Hygiene.

D - Living in a congregate care facility, level II - Includes recipients in residential facilities who are aged or have mental or physical disabilities. Facilities at this level provide residential care for adults (and some children) and are certified by the New York State Department of Health.

E - Living in a congregate care facility, level III - Includes recipients in nonmedical privately operated, state-certified, residential facilities that are operated for the purpose of providing treatment, training, and education for mentally retarded or developmentally disabled individuals.

F - Living in the household of another - Includes all recipients in federal Code B. and for New York State purposes is considered part of the living with others living arrangement.

Z – Living in a Medicaid facility, publicly operated residential facility, and public emergency shelter – Includes recipients in publicly operated residential facilities and public emergency shelters. This arrangement applies:

·           When an SSI recipient is residing in a medical facility and is not expected to return home within 90 days and Medicaid is paying for at least 50 percent of the cost of care;

·           When an SSI recipient is residing in a private medical facility and Medicaid is paying for less than 50 percent of the cost of care;

·           When a recipient resides in a publicly operated residential facility serving 76 or fewer residents; or

·           While a recipient resides in a public emergency shelter for 6 calendar months during a 9-month period.

Additional Information

NOTE: See SSI State Supplement Guide to Terms for definitions of each of the below categories.

Scope of Coverage

Optional State supplement provided for every SSI recipient, including children, except those living in publicly operated residences having more than 16 residents, in publicly operated emergency shelters, or in medical facilities where Medicaid pays less than 50 percent of the cost of care. Congregate care is provided in a nonmedical setting. Supplementation for congregate care varies according to geographic area. Children are eligible for optional state supplementation at the congregate care Level 1 and Level 2 rates and the living-with-others rate. Children must be placed in facilities certified by the Office of Mental Health, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, or the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

Spouse for spouse; parent or stepparent for minor child.

Income Disregards

No disregards in addition to the Federal income disregards.

Resource Limitations

Federal SSI resource limitations apply.

Place of Application

Social Security Administration field offices.

Source

http://www.otda.state.ny.us/main/directives/2008/INF/08-INF-19-AttachmentA-SSI-Benefit-Levels-Chart.pdf

SSA Publication No. 13-11975 [latest edition available], State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2010 (released December 2010) online at:
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2010/index.html

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) In New York, SSA Publication No. 05-11146, [latest available edition], online at:
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11146.html

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